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Hi!

 

I'm brazilian and visited these cities by airplane or during my trip on Costa Favolosa from Rio to Savona.

 

Well, let's go:

 

First, be prepared to stray from people who come all the time to ask for money or to offer as a guide (for a fee, for sure!) or sell anything (it's not much different than in Morocco), especially in Salvador and Recife / Olinda, noting that all these ports are located in one of the poorest regions in Brazil.

 

Recife - If you like culture and history, take a taxi or an excursion to Olinda, a city not far from the port. It's a nice small city full of colorful houses and churches. If you decide to go to Boa Viagem beach, in Recife, don't swim far from the sands. Shark attacks are common at this beach!

 

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Boa Viagem beach, Recife

 

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Olinda

Maceio - Take a taxi or excursion to Gunga beach (a bit far from the port) and enjoy its calm and warm waters!

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Maceió

 

Salvador da Bahia - Another city rich in culture and history, but do not be surprised by the dirt and stench on the streets around the harbor. If possible, take a taxi to the Lacerda ascensor and go up. When you get to the top, it will not be long until several people come around you trying to sell something insistently or offering theirselves as tour guides, as I have already said. It's annoying, and I only saw something like that when we visited Marrakesh, also during the crossing. Walk towards Pelourinho and the San Francisco church, two of the most beautiful and famous spots in the city. On the way back, do not risk going back to the harbor down the hills around Pelourinho (go back to Lacerda ascensor and go down from there), as there is a risk of robberies.

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Salvador (and the Lacerda ascensor at the middle of the picture)

 

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The Pelourinho, at Salvador

 

Ilheus - It's another small and nice city where the main attractions revolve around its most illustrious citizen, writer Jorge Amado. Unlike Olinda and Salvador, we did not feel bothered by beggars and vendors.

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Statue of the writer Jorge Amado at the Vesuvius bar (Ilhéus), immortalized in one of his books

 

 

You can see more images of this trip in our blog (sorry, the texts are in Portuguese):

https://viajarnossovicio.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/cruzeiro-maritimo-uma-boa-opcao.html

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